Folding chair.



F. R. WILBER & H. E. BALL.

FOLDING CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13. 1917.

Patented Feb. 4, 1919.

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' g 1) s'rA'rEs FORD B. WILBER AND HORACE E. BAIi-L, OF PAW PAW, MICHIGAN, 'ASSIGNORS TO THE MOONLIGHT BAIT COMPANY, 01 PAW PAW, MICHIGAN.

seat for boats, circus seats, grand stands,

and the like, where aboard is commonly provided for a seat.

It is the main object of this invention to provide a collapsible or folding seat adapted for use in the relations indicated, which is very satisfactory for the purpose and at the same time one which is simple and economical to produce and easily applied to or removed from the seat or other support.

Further objects .and objects relating to structural details, will definitely appear from the detailed description to follow.

WVe accomplish the objects of our invention by the devices and means described in the following specification. .The invention is clearly defined and pointed out in the claims.

A structure which is a preferred embodiment of our invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which:

Figure I is a front perspective view of our improved chair applied to a support, such as a boat seat.

- Fig. 11 is a perspective view of our improved chair collapsed.

Fig. III is an enlarged detail side elevation, the seat support being shown in section.

Fig. IV is an inverted detail with the back erected.

In the drawing similar reference charac ters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing, 1 represents a board-like seat or support, such as the seat of a boat. Our improved seat or chair comprises a seat frame 2 formed 'of a rod or bar bent into a U-shape. The bight end of this frame is bent downwardly at 3 and rearwardly at 4. to provide a clamping hook adapted to be engaged over the edge of the support 1.

The ends of the arms of the seat frame Specification of Letters Patent.

Mama Feb. 4i, ieie.

Application filed June 13, 1917. Serial No. 174,528.

2 are turned laterally to provide pintles 5. The back frame-6 is also formed of a piece of rod'bent into a U-shape and has coils 7 formed adjacent the ends of its arms providing eyes for the pintles 5. The ends of the arms of the back frame are extended forwardly beyond the coils at 8 and turned laterally at 9 providing stops coacting with the arms of the seat frame for supporting the back in its erected position.

The bight of the back frame is preferably offset rearwardly at 10 to bring it out of the plane of the arms. The flexible seat strip 11 is secured to the seat frame by folding its edges over the arms of the seat frame and securing thereto, as by the rivets 12. The flexible back strip 13 is similarly secured to the arms of the back frame.

With the parts thus formed and arranged the chair is economical to produce, may be formed of comparatively light material, and

is very easily applied to and removed from the support on which it is desired to use the chair. The structure is easily assembled and disassembled both in manufacturing and as other occasions may require. The spring tension of the arms is suflicient to hold the pintles and eyes in engagement.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a chair, the combination of a U- shaped seat frame having its bight end bent downwardly and rearwardly providing a support engaging hook and the ends of its arms bent outwardly providing back pintles, a U-shaped back frame having coils in its arms adjacent the ends thereof providing eyes engaged with said pintles, the ends of the arms beyond said eyes being extended forwardly and turned laterally providing stops coacting with the sides of the seat frame for supporting the back in its erected position, and a back strip secured to the arms of said back frame and constituting means for preventing the spread of the arms and disengagement of the eyes from the pintles.

2. In a chair, the combination of a U- shaped seat frame having its bight end offset downwardly and rearwardly providing a support engaging hook, a U-shaped back frame, the arms of said seat and back frames having coacting eyes and pintles formed there n, one member having the ends of its erms turned laterally providing stops codct- In witness whereof We have hereunto set ing with the arms of the other member, the our hands and seals in the presence of two 10 bight of said back frame being oflset' rear witnesses.

weirdly out of the plane of its arms, and seat FORD R. WILBER. [1,. 8.] and back strips secured at their edges to the HORACE E. BALL. [11. 5.] arms of said seat and back frames and con- Witnesses: stituting means for preventing the disen- O. M. ROWLAND,

' gagemen-t 'of thesaid pintles and eyes. 0. W. REYNOLDS. 

